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Miniaturized Optical Gyroscope Reduces Thermal Fluctuations

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Caltech engineers have created an optical gyroscope that is 500 times smaller than the current state-of-the-art fiber optic device, yet able to detect phase shifts that are 30 times smaller than existing systems. This is the optical gyroscope d...

Oct 29, 2018

Testing nanomedicine in space

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers investigated the potentially protective role of nanoceria against oxidative stress associated with microgravity and cosmic radiations in space. Their findings support the application of antioxidant nanomaterials to skeletal muscle tiss...

Oct 29, 2018

Researchers create scalable platform for on-chip quantum emitters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoscale light sources can now be created with unprecedented efficiency and precision, paving way for new developments in quantum computing and quantum cryptography.

Oct 29, 2018

Effectiveness of PureGRAPH™ in Coolants Confirmed in FlexeGRAPH Trials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) (ASX: FGR) is pleased to confirm laboratory based testing has confirmed that PureGRAPH™ 5 is a...

Oct 29, 2018

Chemists suggest a new method to synthesise titanium nanoparticles for water purification

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

RUDN chemists have developed a new method for obtaining titanium-based nanoparticles to clean water from phenols—toxic aromatic hydrocarbons with an OH-group. The atoms of metals in the nanoparticles oxidize the pollutants under the influence of l...

Oct 29, 2018

Nanotubes may give the world better batteries

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a

Oct 29, 2018

Finally, a Robust Fuel Cell that Runs on Methane at Practical Temperatures | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Either exorbitantly expensive fuel or insanely hot temperatures have made fuel cells a boutique proposition, but now there's one that runs on cheap methane and at much lower temperatures. This is a practical, affordable fuel cell and...

Oct 29, 2018

Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe is based on the conventiona...

Oct 29, 2018

New platform based on biology and nanotechnology carries mRNA directly to target cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Tel Aviv University's Prof. Dan Peer and his team have developed a biological approach to directing nanocarriers loaded with protein 'game changers' to specific cells. Their groundbreaking method may prove useful in treating myriad ...

Oct 29, 2018

Researchers create scalable platform for on-chip quantum emitters

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia University have developed a scalable method for creating large numbers of quantum light sources on a chip with unprecedented precision that not only could pave the way for the development...

Oct 29, 2018

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